MS indoctrinating Best Buy employees

[patio]

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Sheese !

[Broni]

Is Bill's middle name Vissarionovich?

[Geek-9pm]

Here is a quote from the article.

Best Buy employees preparing to sell Windows 7, assert that "Linux does not support many common applications and online services like iTunes, Zune, Quicken, Photoshop, and Office 2007."

 

[JJ 3000]

Is Bill's middle name Vissarionovich?

Were you referring to Stalin there? If so, then I would like to point out that what M$ is doing is closer to fascism than communism.

[Broni]

They're both soooooo close to each other...

[JJ 3000]

I agree. I was just trying to be a smarta$$

[Geek-9pm]

I agree. I was just trying to be a smarta$$

Yes.

[michaewlewis]

I'd be more interested in an article revealing all of the indoctrinating that apple does against the pc.

[Computer Hope Admin]

Really unfortunate that Microsoft thinks it's necessary to have this type of training. I don't think Linux is cutting that much into them that it'd be necessary.

[patio]

Agreed.
Well put.

[computeruler]

I cant belive they would lie like this! If I made and maintained a linux distro, I would sue!

[evilfantasy]

Best Buy sells Dell.

Dell offers Ubuntu.

1 + 1 = ?

[michaewlewis]

1 + 1 = ?

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[Aegis]

I cant belive they would lie like this! If I made and maintained a linux distro, I would sue!

Not saying you're wrong, but I'm sure that's what Microsoft wants...they'll tie it up in court as long as they can.

[computeruler]

Uhh.. Why?

[Geek-9pm]

Uhh.. Why?

Going to court is like going to Lunch for MS.
Just something to do in the middle of the day.
If you and your friends have a great new Distro of Linux, do this:
Polish if up where is looks nice. Put up cool website. Make a bunch of high quality copies on DVD. Have it done professionally. Next go to a store where MS is doing a presentation or something like that. Stand out in front on the public sidewalk and shove the DVD into the hands of anybody who looks like a potential customer. This drives MS crazy! It is legal! You are given out a free product, so it is not unfair competition. It is not a commercial product. People pay you only by voluntary contributions because they love what your are doing to bring free software to the general public.

[computeruler]

Hehe thats funny.  But they should spend the time doing more constructive things then wanting to go to court

[BC_Programmer]

yeah, MS has some great products, but if they really think Linux is competition they should improve them, not brainwash employees. Not that that would get rid of Linux anyway; a lot of Linux users like the Open Source feel, as well as the strong developer feedback from most distributions.